The Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-02-15, Page 1•,.
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,UCKNOW, ONTARIO, THUIR;
FEBRUARY 15th, 1951;:
TEN: PAGES.
'The annual meeting ' of the
West Wawanosli Mutual Fire in-
surance Cor'ripany was held at
Dungannon last Friday, Reports
showed that the Company had
"broken .even',': on the, year's, op-
erations in spite of heavy losses.
In thio regard claims paid for
• cattle by lightning set 'an.
time record' of some , $20
:all �000
which • was more thanti .
dou� le the
nreviaus year:.
ale 'three- retiring' directors,
Lorne Johnston; Donald McKay
and -John' McLennan were re=el-
ected.. Lorne •Johrastdp ,•concluded
his term as president' and is suac_'
ceeded•.;by 'Donald McKay. 'The'.
•secre'tery-treasurer of : the', Cram-
' pany ' is Durnin• Phillips,,;
The matter of rural . fire' •pro.
lection by urban. 'FireBrigades'
came • up for ,'discussion. Under
'provincial • reguaa�tions a rural
'riiuncipality 'must enter into ,an
• agreement with ,an urban ,centre,
if such protection is: desired. Such.
agreements have, been entered in-
to With. Lucknow by ' Ashfield,
West' ,Warwanosh ` ' and ' : Kinloss
Tip
ownshi :s;.
By these agreements, so fear as
Liicknow is concerned, the 'town=
shti,ps` are primarily .responsible
for. the fee charged for this ser-
vice• and must either collect from
the individual' or •the insurance
conpany or "foot the bill": l\To
surance company's policy," we un
derstand, Obligated them in any
• way to ••play; for such fire ` pro-
tect'ion, . ;but there'have been oc-
session kwhen taanies<ktave b
' :hiappY to do so.
The discussion 'at :. Friday's
meeting was. aimed at arriving.
• at some fair and equitable solus
tion of this:` problem.
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MEETING.,AIRED
H014 F.. PROB.EMS
Last week we 'made reference
to the decisions`;reaeied at a
hour. 'hearing . at- Dungannon ' in
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LOCAL TRUCKER UNHURT
IN CRASH 1VIONDAY
• Cliff: Crawford had the misfor-
tune to badly wreck histruck'
on ,Monday afternoon iri head�-
.on• collision about • a •half mile
east of •Seaf orth,”;r e
H was' ,return=
;inlg from °Ingersoll with' 'a 7=ton.
'load of fertilizer, 'The front of
his :truer, was ball pdama ed a
Y g_... and
`the cab demolished,
Cliff's truck was :in: collision
with a pa'nel' truck• owned by
Frank Kling . of Seaforth and •
driven by; Bruce Frieday,, aceom-
parried by .Rex ,McGregor; . both
of,. Seaforth.
Cliff :eseaped.:inj:ury ••but•'Mc-
Gregor' ' and Frieday were both
Beverly cut . and suffered • from
shock. • They were removed to
Scott Memorial Hospital, Sea-
forth: • It was • •feared; • 'that. Me
Gregor might have 'a . frdetured.
Skull.
UNDERWENT'• OPERATION
.BEFORE ,SETTING' ARM •
Mrs. Wm .G; .Webster of town
underwent 'an operation in Wing
-
'ham. Hospital, on . (Saturday .to;
have a ,bone splinter removed be-
fore: setti lier•.arm
n,g Which was,
'fractured at the elbow the week`
'before: ina a'' fail.. 'own , d�orw the, cellar.
way_'. stairs at 'her •home
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BUS
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A ;bus -truck ' crash near • Holy- Irian bazildings. .
TRUCK:
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Pwo a B1 acklorse families were
left •homeless.:fin Tuesday by a
noon -hour fire that raced through
their duplex dwelling and level.
led it VI' the ground. ,.
be-twThe `residence, situated :be-
tween
een Jim• Reids' Store and. Har
'old Banerm,an's • pr ert ,. was'
1? oP ,Y►
owned• by 1V1r''. .Banner!rnan 'and
tenanted, by ;the families 'of two.
mea., who areemployed by hien
in . his highway.'contracting bug-:
.nesse .
Mr. and .Mrs. . Lloyd Cornishi
and two• young children occupied
the front. apartment in the home
and Mr and Mrs. ',Eugene Keis
wetter. and ,five children' resided,
in the rear ,apartment.,. '
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The. . Keiswetter ' fainily , lost
everything • they owned but ` the
clothes they were • wearing, and.
so: quickly . did the' fire . spread
that, • Mrs:';. Kei'swetter 'Was • grop-
in, t.the smoke
b .hrough .. g (before
she ',got one: • of the , children to:
safety. ••Mr: Keiswetterwas away.
;at the ;time on a snowplow.
• The Cornishfamily managed- to•
slave` soMe ..of, . their- downstairs,
furniture,. but .they :too lost mo`s't
of their possessions. •
•Cause of the outbreak was uun
known It , was:.discovered ; by Mr:
Cornish'.: at ":the' .noon hourwhen
he Went .'.upstairs.".;By' 1.30' .the.
home, was. 'in ruins. It made a,
terrific fire, ;blit , :witli the 'wind
W, i. REED'S; FUINERAL,
WILL' BE HERE TODAY
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"Thedeath of Mr, W,; P :.Reed
occurred; in st. Marys on` Tues-
day, He ""was a native of, field
Township and was iri his' '86th
year.
The funeral ser i e wi e
.• •, v c_ . 11,..b
held in Lueknow'`United Church
this afternoon. (Thursday)•.at'2;0.0
p.m. conducted ' by 'Dr. ' W. J.
.Mumford • and Rey:, C. • B.' Wool-
ley. Interment will be in Green-:
hill' 'Cemetery. • a
PROPOSAL.
AIRED'
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Mayors .and 'reeves of all, muni-
cipalities directly affected by the
Canadian National, Railways pro
posal to..take off all rail service
but freiighrt,• trains, ;are slated 'to.
convene in Wifigham. "this (Thurs-
day) morning to air ,the matter.
Considerable opposition. to the;
railways •plan, is expected;" but it
seems likely that regardless of
this a :certain curtailment of pas
senger service by rail,' will be
forthcoming eventually;
,The opinion .prevails, that a't
least ,the morning and •night •
straight passenger, • trains yi1l'•,be
cancelled, '•' but , a... ,possible born
FORMER• L>1TCKNOWITE; :HAD ::promise agrerement• might• see the
VERY 'CRITICAL. OPERATION mid-day rail. service continued::
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• The .0 •N..R, proposes' moo. sub-
stitute: busses, arid transport lines
to' provide passenger,. express and
mail 'service; between'Palmersten
•111r.. and. Mrs. Fred ' Martin. of
Paramount were in Toronto • .on::
account • of. the- very ' serious ill-
ness of Mrs: Martin's sister, •.Nlrs.- ..and their. branch line terminals •
Phil .Parfitt al • rimins, (nee at Kincardine ,and Southampton;•
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.Ruth Mitchell)• also• reported''tthat 10,boxes, . 3
Mrs. Parfitt is .a patient, irr potted plants and 15 cards had
Private Patient's , Pavilion '' Tor- •►been 'Sent to the ` sickduring the
ont ,.General'•Hos p ital, .where :she ' Year. .
., P
:underwent a 'majof� •o eration, ,a' The Sunday School w'hieh' held J P
with her ' condition regarded as _se vices Only during the sPri
g, ' .
critical: summer and • fall months ..under
'ENGAGEMENTS •
•` Mr. -and, Mrs ,Lloyd ' D Val-`
lance Atwood; ' announce the en-
'er'
�gagement ' of thein.. daughter, Joan
Isobel Vallance Re :N. ' to Mr::
f , g ,
Treleaven BA. - Sc., .Of.'
Beaver,; •Pennsylvania,. son 'of Mr:
-and Mrs: Harold Treleaven; Luck-,
now. The marriage will take
the leadieirship :'of : Jima *triter,
also ' had a' asucccesaf it year The
average:: attendance was 20:and
the year ended with a ,balance, of
$35:51<
An overall report '. of the de•
par,•
of aur church;' shawl;
:that the congregation.:had raised
a total Of $1?03 76 during 1950;
from th,e:'north, :the buildings; to. r
the :east and west .were not seri
cusly,. threatened, `although a
gang .of Hv}ien orked.. with;• snow
water' protecting • the B'ariper-
rood,-in the height' of last' Wed-
nesday afternoon+ s blizzard, 'fort-
unately had not as serious conse
quences• as 'might so 'easily have
happened:.
Harold Percy was' enor en,o u rt e
home from : Lucknow..: ,with •a,
truckload` of lumber and feed,
and •had become stuck near "Ernie
Ackert's twin in the blinding
storm which was fast filling the
•
connection ;with the application roads
for. a $4.00. increase. in ,rates by A south bound truck driven by
the`Goderich Rural-M.Munici cul --Bl elgrave,� got into
Tel P
ephone a .Company.: ',The: • in- a' similar predicament as he• ap-
crease is being recanrimended, preached the Percy : truck. At that
The :hearing,,presided . over ,by Poirn,t a north7bound'Western Oil
R .C. Rowland, commissioner ••of toric Motorways bus lammed ' out.
the ' Ontario •• Muniei pP al Board, of the •:. storm • The.: driver; Jack
gave' Company officials.. and 'stk... Duckworth of Goderich, swung,
scribers: the Opportunity, t ' - to'.miss .the Percy .truck and then,
to pre
sent•iboth sides"..of the "�uestion.' saw the' other•?•truck with Mr.
•question.
".President Wm. Cranston:, the
'first ''sPealcer, expressed the holie
the a iieeting.would lead to a bet-
ter understanding. _
•Hae.•' explained
that. due .to the . high costs . of
Wages' and'''rnaterials they could
not carry on at the raites.
31We Want more money and will
do our 'best .
to., give' you better
serce'•
.. ` �. _he said....... ::.:. C anstoi:•
:felt that ,the Oompany had been
doing a good job in . making, a
J�'
Black in front of .the' stalled
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vehicles cranking it. •
To avaid'• thi.`,impending: crash,
the .driver, swung "back` and
caught the Percy truck, :with the
lumber. 'crashing through the,
front right windshield.
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Two :passengers: in th'e bus,
.w
Mrs. Hall and .,her •daughter of
Kincardine, , suffered_.. .facial' Cuts:
•and 'abrasions and Were removed
by. ' 'taxi to Ripley for medical act='
• lot• , ent nlb±efere oriti�,�taut v t'hrer
of-improvmnent�sr :and added T .t�
that 'the time surnmer is over Lonnie.
we will have, .a: better . systern". Wm naer of ' Southampton,
He ares another `Passenger, escaped . in-
. +show p
` xrurhep tinted a nx>daip to . _ .. -, asdid Mrs:' Donald`..yV,at-
re a number, of new .,,linea Jury,, , d
had'ibee` b. • � son and her two childrenwho
.. n built and the Company . .. o.od. In fact.
• states . were .enroute to .Ilolyr
it � has Many.- satisfied . • .
customers, ,
'' � ` "the impact didn't even 'waken 'the
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VIS. . g . 'pi children::
. C. ttri�dge gave .the• cud- sleeping. � : • a:
iter r an escaped unhurt. The
r s si�ternent showi aper- The driver p
, � � � � Percy
reserve
sting loss last'year of; $18.17, The • platforth and rack ori the
reserve fund stands at $4000 and truck was ripped loosel from the
he noted t a chasis.• t .
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that ;the. record of � earn= � .; .
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ings ' was riot ,suffici t len to set D' - A. Campbell, a • Stratford
aside • 'su:bstantial reserves ' to
bring the system 'up to require-:
nients.
Mr. Attridge stated that no
dividends ad. bean pai'd'and that'
inner paid.
'the past 'five. 'share
holders had only'*arriedApprox
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insurance agent', gent, pulled' up ,be-
,
hind 'the smash-up and with vis -
ability about nil, Dick` ,Elliott 'and
b y"
his' son Ortille slid their piCk-up
truck ,
irito the back of the Campy
bell ear, Which was undamaged be :.s .
wh le the truck received 'ininor,
damage' to the. grill and lights:.
With no water supply . avail-
able and '' e:
d . 'the h fire.. •out of control
when, discovered, the fire .truck'
Was not called.
.IS0TBYTH:E.7
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:SENTINEL
THAT' "old Timers"' are remind-
ed
emind-ed that Thursday' afternoon is
their day at the arena. Dig out.
the 'blades .and have have a whirl
„this pm.
•.••-;o
..THAT Joe . Whitby has joined e the
1 n d e
Canadian Navy and : expects'. to
report at the East ,Coast with-
iii a 'few weeks.
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,THAT-the
o_,THAT'the " week -end. " thaw had
roads coated .with glare,ice on
Moriday morning that .'made
•- travelling particularly hazard-
a as.. Schonobitasses ,aran•a late;. sor'�
• were,-tinabte to complete "their
trip over • thetreacherous roads;.
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TH T Mrs. D. C. McMoraran will
observe her , 85t1i birthday, .on
Monday, February 119th: Mrs.
MacMorran is ,'spending the
winter in Windsor with Mr.;and
Mrs Jack McKendrick, and her
P any friends' here.' join . in ex:-
tending
x-tending congratulations .,and
(best wishes'•:
THAT in, renewing " his. Sentinel•
subscription, J. K. McLennan of
Gladstone, Manitoba, .says
`Even if ,,it is 61 ''`yeat's since
we 'left the. 'old •` tavern 'we • still
Iike to hear 'what ,is going on
therQ+,r x t.. •
(Continued 1'on pg"e 10), :•:
place mthe Atwood Presbyterian ARE F 1 FTY�- 1 VE
Church on March 10th . at •two' `
o'clock.
zIOR CHURCH -
HAD GOOD YEAR
T h e annual congregational
meeting was held in Zion church'
January: 26+th;' when '.a• 'very
successful . year was reviewed:
Rev. C. B..�Woolley Tresided and
the election:' of officers, 'resulted
as :follows Members of Session,
:.Jacob .Hunter, ,George__Hunter .
Frank Ritchie; Board of Stew-
ards; Wm; G. Hunter,;'treas ; Ger- '
,don Kirkland, Frank ' Ritchie,
Peter' Cook, Jacob .Hunter,,.• :Wm:.
D. Hunter; Trustee Board; Fred
Anderson, treas.; Lloyd Hunter,
,Nelson Rlay.,nard, Jim Hunter,
Harvey Ritchie, Peter Cook, Mar-
shall 011)90n, John Ritchie; par-•
sbnage trustees, Charlie: Wilkins,
Earl Swan; organist, Mrs... Wesley
Ritchie; assistant organists,: ,Mrs.
Charlie .Wilkins,,Miss Freda Hun-.
iter. .
Rev. Woolleygave the report
of .-the Session. • number . of fain.::
' ilies, 33; resident members; 79;
non-resident menilbers, 21; total
meniibers 100; /•baptisms 6; burials.
2.
Tp m , ,L,lobert,T.Boak; ad,�Sandra of
{ed.asder .aiz�, �ne+asuocver �f 'the!' � � . •
Trustee Board; • reported that .a Lucknow, .Mr. and Mrs. •'baron
�(fARSMARRIED
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Mr. • and ' rs. John. Jainieson
were entertained -
• on Saturday e'=
ening; at . a surprise party at, kr
and Mrs. Stuert. Jamieson's : in'....
honor Of their 55th wedding :'an
niv:ersary which they observed on
Tuesday, February :12th..
The dining room table •was
centred with two cakes iced iri= •
pink, with'blue' candles forming
"55''• On top, and backedby a
.bouquetT.of_pink_carnation&-,At
each. end ,were pink arid: blue ..
tapers int crystal ,candelabra. Up-
on .the arrival of ':the honoured:•
'guests, :Mrs. Jamieson 'wasp • pre=
rented by the grandchildren with
•a corsage of •Aineri,can Beauty
roses; and. Mr. Jamieson with a
white' carnation buttonierre::..
During the- course of the even
ing ••Mr. Jack' Splan rread the ad
dress prepared by Mrs. Splan and
;Many • 'beautifuland useful gifts
were. • presented . by ' Messrs..Stu•
art, Gordon add ,Ewart Jamieson,
Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson. both made
a veryappropriate. reply.
1.Guests ,present were Mr. and
Mrs..GordonJamieson, J Mr. arid
Mrs. • ,J,acklan, .. Stewart ''arid
rS!p
Douglas of Goderich; • Mr. , and
otal of $621.01. ;had been raised. • Boa1 and Rickey, a Port Albert;.,
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der church purposes. -.The ,trews 'Mr.•and Mrs..,Howard•Harris; Mrs.'.
urer of:•:Stewards, • Wm,' G. Huta. Thos.' Harris. and • Mr, Earl Isar-
ter: also gave.
ho
ani` excellenttre rt. ris• of Holyrood: Mr, and . Mss.
$833,12t had .been raised by: the
congregation leaving a balance of
.$20.51 at the end of gene. year.:
.Mrs.. Wesley' Ritchie reported.
' .... � .. gs
that the W aM„S. held 12• ++lectin•
With a total membership of , 20 could not be. present. ,
and. raised a rtotal: of` $68.49; ° .q.reetings and a remembrance
Mrs, ' , acob Hunter reported were also seat fron•i”" their dau-
,that the local W. A had a hal- Kilter and ,her family, Mr, and.
ance ;of $225.63 at the end of ' Mrs. C:a E. Wilson Kenneth. and,•
•1950. Mrs: Wm. Co. Hunter, treas e •Donald of Saskatoon.
lower' Fund,. -re ort A. level luncheon was served.
ren• of ;the � p ... , • .. ........: , and.
ed total receipt,,, of '$11,,29x* She at the close of the evening and
the ,bride's cake made by Mrs:
'Dieting is `the triu ph. of mind Howard Harris' arid••.Mrs. Thomas '
,g �
over 'platter. Harris Wats served •4by the host,
•Ewdr`t' Jamieson ,.af ,Cutrries .Cor
ners; Owin to unavoidable' cin-
g :
citrnstances,, Ir, and Mrs. tarries'
Boak of Crewe and Mr. and Mrs>:,
Everett Whitehead of Teeswater
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